Trip to Austria and Slovakia
In words, from David Lee (SH2)
From October 26 to November third, we had a trip to Slovakia and Austria. This trip was very special because all my companions were from Chia Yang High School.
Monday, we arrived at the Vienna international airport; the airport was very small and crowded. The temperature was four degree Celsius; the weather was cold and foggy. After we left the airport, we took a bus to go to the city of Martin. The city was quiet and peaceful and everywhere we could see defoliation.
The environment is really good for students who want to study. There is only 70,000 people living in Martin and the entertainment does not really exist.
We met with Albert Strastky who is the administrator responsible for international students. We had the opportunity to ask him all the questions that we had on our minds and he answered all our questions. When I asked if the Comenius University had a Dentistry Department in Martin, he said no but that there was one in Bratislava.
After the meeting with Albert, we met two Taiwanese students. They study Medicine at Comenius University in Martin. They are in their second year. They also answered all our questions and gave us many advices.
The next day, we went to visit the hospital and the dormitory where we will stay in the future. The hospital was quite different from the hospitals in Taiwan. In Taiwan, the hospitals are huge and very tall while in Martin, the hospitals are old and short. It is divided in many buildings instead of being only one building.
The dormitory is old like most buildings in Martin. It is the European style of buildings. We can have access to two different kinds of rooms. The first type of rooms is 6000SKK$ per month and only one person can sleep in the room. The second type of rooms is 8000SKK$ per month and it is possible to put two or three beds in it, which means that the cost is significantly lower if you have roommates.
Europe is quite well-developed: the environment, the economy and the science are present everywhere. But, in my opinion, they are lacking one law: smoking is accepted in all restaurants and I really had problems accepting that.
On October tenth, we said good bye to Slovakia. We then started our trip to Vienna which is the capital of Austria. The sights were unforgettable.
We went to visit Schonbrunn Palace. The palace is so huge but so attractive. It is one of the most important cultural monuments in Austria and, since 1860, has been on the agenda of a major part of tourists visiting Vienna.
We also visited Saint Stephens’s cathedral which was built in the 11th century. I could not imagine that in the 11th century people could build a cathedral like this one because it is so huge and so tall. The interior decoration of the cathedral is exquisite and solemn. I really loved it.
Finally, we visited the Melk Abbey which has hundreds of windows and thousands of rooms. The library is incredible with hundreds of thousands of books. The Abbey was sublime and I think that I will never see something as nice or as big as this.
The trip was absolutely wonderful and everything that we saw was new to us. Europe is definitely a different world.
Vienna is beautiful and peaceful. I loved the weather and the culture of this country. I also hope that I can go there again next fall.
Monday, we arrived at the Vienna international airport; the airport was very small and crowded. The temperature was four degree Celsius; the weather was cold and foggy. After we left the airport, we took a bus to go to the city of Martin. The city was quiet and peaceful and everywhere we could see defoliation.
The environment is really good for students who want to study. There is only 70,000 people living in Martin and the entertainment does not really exist.
We met with Albert Strastky who is the administrator responsible for international students. We had the opportunity to ask him all the questions that we had on our minds and he answered all our questions. When I asked if the Comenius University had a Dentistry Department in Martin, he said no but that there was one in Bratislava.
After the meeting with Albert, we met two Taiwanese students. They study Medicine at Comenius University in Martin. They are in their second year. They also answered all our questions and gave us many advices.
The next day, we went to visit the hospital and the dormitory where we will stay in the future. The hospital was quite different from the hospitals in Taiwan. In Taiwan, the hospitals are huge and very tall while in Martin, the hospitals are old and short. It is divided in many buildings instead of being only one building.
The dormitory is old like most buildings in Martin. It is the European style of buildings. We can have access to two different kinds of rooms. The first type of rooms is 6000SKK$ per month and only one person can sleep in the room. The second type of rooms is 8000SKK$ per month and it is possible to put two or three beds in it, which means that the cost is significantly lower if you have roommates.
Europe is quite well-developed: the environment, the economy and the science are present everywhere. But, in my opinion, they are lacking one law: smoking is accepted in all restaurants and I really had problems accepting that.
On October tenth, we said good bye to Slovakia. We then started our trip to Vienna which is the capital of Austria. The sights were unforgettable.
We went to visit Schonbrunn Palace. The palace is so huge but so attractive. It is one of the most important cultural monuments in Austria and, since 1860, has been on the agenda of a major part of tourists visiting Vienna.
We also visited Saint Stephens’s cathedral which was built in the 11th century. I could not imagine that in the 11th century people could build a cathedral like this one because it is so huge and so tall. The interior decoration of the cathedral is exquisite and solemn. I really loved it.
Finally, we visited the Melk Abbey which has hundreds of windows and thousands of rooms. The library is incredible with hundreds of thousands of books. The Abbey was sublime and I think that I will never see something as nice or as big as this.
The trip was absolutely wonderful and everything that we saw was new to us. Europe is definitely a different world.
Vienna is beautiful and peaceful. I loved the weather and the culture of this country. I also hope that I can go there again next fall.
In pictures...
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